Impact of Psychoeducation on Expressed Emotion, Family Environment, Drug Adherence and Illness Outcome of Individual with Schizophrenia
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Background: Psychoeducation can be implemented in different formats and settings. The format depends entirely on the disorder, the developmental age of the individual, and their individual needs. Individual-based, Family-based, Group-based. Psycho-education most commonly involves the individual with the disorder, the patient or client, but in some situations, psychoeducation is implemented only to the people who deal with the patient on a day-to-day basis such as family, friends, teachers, or caretakers. Aim: To assess the impact of psychoeducation on expressed emotion, family environment, drug adherence, and illness outcome of the individual with schizophrenia. Methodology: It will be a hospital-based intervention study using pre-post-test control group research design. This study has been conducted to evaluate the efficacy of psychoeducation on different outcome variables. Results: After the intervention, it was found that family environment and drug adherence improved and expressed emotions reduced. So in schizophrenia role of psychoeducation is important. its improved family environment reduced expressed emotions and improved drug adherence.
Keywords: Medication adherence, family environment, attitude
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